nickel /'nikl/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and…
• (n.) a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
• (n.) five dollars worth of a drug

Chinese translation

• n. 镍, 镍币, 五分镍币
• vt. 镀镍于

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'nikl/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 3.82 · Super Rare

Word forms

nickelling, nickelled, nickels

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